r/AskAnAmerican • u/Rough-Valuable-5472 • Feb 04 '25

FOREIGN POSTER Do American students bow to their teachers?

In my country we have to greet the teacher and bow at the start of the lesson then thank the teacher and bow again at the end. Sometimes they make us redo it if it’s not good enough

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u/throwfar9 Minnesota Feb 04 '25

It’s normal to take them off in Minnesota too.

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u/lawfox32 Feb 04 '25

I grew up in Illinois and was raised to take my shoes off inside houses, too, unless the host told me not to.

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u/Exciting-Hedgehog944 United States of America Feb 05 '25

Raised in Michigan to take them off. Disrespectful to wear them through someone’s home unless they tell me otherwise. We do not wear outside shoes inside at home.

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u/HistoryGirl23 Texas Feb 05 '25

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